urgent!! how do i flash to 1.36b bios on msi k8n neo2

[shigs]

hello every1, ive jus recived my fx55 and im tryin 2 work out how to flash my mobo 2 the 1.36b bios. ive downloaded and installed msi live update. but i cant seem 2 find the option 2 flash the bios, all it does is takes me 2 the live update for the 1.3 bios!?! can sum1 plz tell me how 2 flash the bios on my mobo, im dyin 2 play with my fx55!

shigs

[xs64]

Go to Dos to flash the Bios , MSI has no soft to update Bios in Win now

[bradpit999]

hello every1, ive jus recived my fx55 and im tryin 2 work out how to flash my mobo 2 the 1.36b bios. ive downloaded and installed msi live update. but i cant seem 2 find the option 2 flash the bios, all it does is takes me 2 the live update for the 1.3 bios!?! can sum1 plz tell me how 2 flash the bios on my mobo, im dyin 2 play with my fx55!

shigs

i just downloaded the bios i wanted and opened up the file folder the bios was extracted too..................... found the 1.3 bios file............. deleted it.......................... coppied over the 1.36 bios file and renamed it 1.3 and then did it all through windows

[shigs]

Go to Dos to flash the Bios , MSI has no soft to update Bios in Win now

wats the command on boot up 2 get 2 the bios flashin screen mate?

[xs64]

Unzip the download file , incluside : AWFL833D.exe and W7025NMS.136

And then go to Dos n' run command line : awdl833d.exe w7025nms.136 and follow the setup guide

[arj]

i just downloaded the bios i wanted and opened up the file folder the bios was extracted too..................... found the 1.3 bios file............. deleted it.......................... coppied over the 1.36 bios file and renamed it 1.3 and then did it all through windows

It worked! Thanks for the "hack" man!

Saved me a lot of time finding the floppies and hooking them up

[charlie]

It worked! Thanks for the "hack" man!

Saved me a lot of time finding the floppies and hooking them up

please detail how you did it...

[arj]

Take the exact steps that you would do when you update through Live BIOS. The BIOS will be saved at Program Files>Setup Files>MSI-7025 v1.30. I renamed the 1.36 BIOS to 1.3 and paste it in there. The BIOS name would be something like xxxxxxx1.36 so I just rename it xxxxxxx1.30 before pasting it into the folder. After that I clicked next and MSI Live Update will do the flashing.

[xs64]

i just downloaded the bios i wanted and opened up the file folder the bios was extracted too..................... found the 1.3 bios file............. deleted it.......................... coppied over the 1.36 bios file and renamed it 1.3 and then did it all through windows

Cool man ! That's good for people who don't wanna use floppy anymore

[shigs]

Take the exact steps that you would do when you update through Live BIOS. The BIOS will be saved at Program Files>Setup Files>MSI-7025 v1.30. I renamed the 1.36 BIOS to 1.3 and paste it in there. The BIOS name would be something like xxxxxxx1.36 so I just rename it xxxxxxx1.30 before pasting it into the folder. After that I clicked next and MSI Live Update will do the flashing.

many thanks for ur help mate, my fx55 is up and runnin, but now my 6800ultra is borked so i ave 2 rma that , im jus waitin on my ocz 3200el rev2 now, hopefully here on friday. will keep u all updated on my fx55 overclockin and benchies

btw the fx55 retail fan sure looks a treat, but its very flimsy to attach with my big hands!, so ive jus stuck it under my DD rbx

shigs

[Sucka]

Edit: Got it now, running 1.36

[jjcom]

MSI got rid of that Thats a nice feature...They need to get it back...ASUS has it and its nice

[charlie]

I flashed mine the old fashioned way:
make 1 floppy as a DOS boot disk (easy in winxp)
make 1 floppy with the app and the exe. files unzipped (BIOS download)

boot computer with boot disk in place, replace with BIOS floppy, enter 1 command line, follow directions, save BIOS-no, and go....

[jjcom]

but those of us who have done away with our floppy drives..be able to flash in windows is a must .

[mad mikee]

1 little phrase -

BOOTABLE USB FLASH DRIVE

I flash off of it run memtest and goldmemory, NO FLOPPY

[Poki]

If it's stable and you have windows installed just use "winflash v1.51" to flash it from desktop. It's mucho easier and i haven't hosed a bios flashing it yet.

[split]

I flashed mine the old fashioned way:
make 1 floppy as a DOS boot disk (easy in winxp)
make 1 floppy with the app and the exe. files unzipped (BIOS download)

boot computer with boot disk in place, replace with BIOS floppy, enter 1 command line, follow directions, save BIOS-no, and go....

Make floppy with Dr DOS Disk For Bios Flashing @ http://www.bootdisk.com

Or make a bootable CD (requires no burning software)
Bootable CD works on most boards, incl the MSI Neo 2.

[krampak]

I did it as I did with my old DFI (nf2 infinity and ut250), using winflash...

C:\Program Files\MSI\Live Update 3\FlashUty\Award\WinFlash.exe

[Kobalt]

If it's stable and you have windows installed just use "winflash v1.51" to flash it from desktop. It's mucho easier and i haven't hosed a bios flashing it yet.

did this at least 5 times with my infinity...

stop wondering about all these usb drives and floppy drives
DO IT IN WINDOWS!

[jjcom]

yeah why don't we just do that? It seems alot easier and the risk is higher if your overclocking....so basicly run your computer at stock when you flash from Windows...unlike me who just flashes and hopes that my OC is just as stable as stock...lol

[CodeRed]

1 little phrase -

BOOTABLE USB FLASH DRIVE

I flash off of it run memtest and goldmemory, NO FLOPPY

hmm, I need one of those. Down to one working floppy drive ATM and a box of 10 year old disks

[digitalfrost]

1 little phrase -

BOOTABLE USB FLASH DRIVE

I flash off of it run memtest and goldmemory, NO FLOPPY

How do you make the stick bootable? I mean I can't 'burn' memtest.iso onto the usbstick, can I?

[thesaucier]

I would have to say try thr 1.37 beta it is much better with more vcore for me!

[xgman]

I tried the 137mod beta and the 13/15/18% vcore settings will not stick (like in 136) after saving and re-entering bios they go back to 1.55v default. (check in hadware monitor). The highest one that will stick in 137 mod beta is +10%. That seems to give me 1.76-1.79vcore, so maybe it's enough.

[thesaucier]

I tried the 137mod beta and the 13/15/18% vcore settings will not stick (like in 136) after saving and re-entering bios they go back to 1.55v default. (check in hadware monitor). The highest one that will stick in 137 mod beta is +10%. That seems to give me 1.76-1.79vcore, so maybe it's enough.

Huummmmm I get up to 9.0 with the 1.37 bios if I set the vcore to 155 and the % to the highest! What is the power supply you have and rails what do they look like?